The following statement may be attributed to Ron Bilbao, Senior Legislative Associate, ACLU of Florida:

“We are pleased that SB 92 was passed with such enthusiasm by the Florida Senate. Because of the Senate’s action, our state is on pace to be the one of the first to protect privacy by putting limits on the use of unmanned surveillance drones.

“The ACLU has warned about the dangers of unregulated, warrantless use of surveillance technology, and so far the pace at which surveillance technology has changed has outpaced the law’s ability to adapt to it. Strict controls are needed to help guide law enforcement’s use of technology in a way that protects all of us from needless invasive surveillance, and this bill puts those controls in place.

“Today’s unanimous vote for the bill is a clear statement from our lawmakers that, even as technology makes it easier, Floridians shouldn’t be subject to constant and permanent surveillance. We thank Senator Negron for his leadership on this issue, and we hope the House passes the companion bill by Rep. Workman with the same enthusiasm.”

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) conserves America's original civic values working in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in the United States by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.

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With the toxic Bibi circus in town - cue talk of "tentacles of terror" - find hope in the extraordinary Combatants For Peace, a joint effort by weary Israeli and Palestinian veterans of violence who've laid down their guns to fight for peace. Led by a former IDF soldier and Fatah militant who both lost daughters to the conflict's "unrightable wrongs," they insist on the need to "hear what is painful" and talk to your 'enemies': "Partners for peace always exist. You only have to look for them."